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"Staying in Dialogue with China"
In partnership with the Stein am Rhein Symposium (stars), CMG is following up on last year’s successful execution of the first edition of the “Staying in Dialogue with China” webinar series. This second edition features six webinars with China-based experts concentrated on the H1, between February and June 2023 – before we expect international travel into China to more significantly recover. You can find an overview of the planned webinars here.

29 March 2023, 9.00-9.45 CET
Second conversation: China's Economic Policy Blueprint after the NPC
In our second conversation of this second edition of the "Staying in Dialogue with China" webinar series, Markus HERRMANN, Co-Founder and Managing Director, China Macro Group (CMG); (Advisory) Board Member stars, Zurich, will be talking to BAI Chong-En, Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor; Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
At last year’s consequential 20th Party Congress, CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping reiterated that “development is our Party’s top priority in governing and rejuvenating China”, at the same time the party – against the backdrop of a confluence of domestic and international challenges – dropped the notion of “important period of strategic opportunity”, now characterizing it as a “period of development in which strategic opportunities, risks and challenges exist at the same time”.
To address this new situation, the CCP leadership vows to better balance supply-side with demand-side policies and strengthen domestic demand going forward. As a result, in December, the CCP Central Committee together with the State Council jointly issued the Strategic Plan for Expanding Domestic Demand 2022 – 2035, a new economic blueprint guiding “high-quality development” in the decade ahead. What drives this policy shift? What can we expect from the new government and especially the new economic leadership? What does the government reshuffling mean for economic work? And how likely can China still achieve the goal to double 2020 GDP per capita by 2035?
About the Speaker
Prof. BAI is Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor and Dean of the School of Economics and Management at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He earned his Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics and Economics from UCSD and Harvard University, respectively. Professor BAI’s research areas include Institutional Economics, Economic Growth and Development, Public Economics, Finance, Corporate Governance and Chinese Economy. He is a member of the executive committee of International Economic Association and of the Scientific Council of the Barcelona Graduate School of Economics. Professor BAI is also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the “14th Five-Year Plan” National Development Planning Expert Committee, the Chinese Economists 50 Forum, the China Finance 40 Forum, and Chinainfo 100. From 2015 to 2018, he was a member of the monetary policy committee of the People’s Bank of China.
Kindly note: All webinars of this series are held under Chatham House Rules and will not be recorded.
Webinars in the series

24 February 2023, 9:00-9:45 CET
Post-Covid China and Foreign Business – Quo Vadis?
Joerg Wuttke, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC), Beijing

29 March 2023, 9.00-9.45 CET
China’s Economic Policy Blueprint after the NPC
BAI Chong-En, Mansfield Freeman Chair Professor; Dean, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

4 April 2023, 10:00-10:45 CET
China-EU Relations – Beijing’s View on Challenges and Opportunities
FU Cong, Ambassador and Head of the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium

14 April 2023, 9:00-15:45 CET
Economic Performance – Aspirations, Bottlenecks and New Drivers
XING Yujing, Senior Adviser, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA); Former President, Shenzhen branch of PBoC, China

4 May 2023, 9:00-9:45 CET
Re-Crafting Europe-China Relations in Fraught Times – Drivers and Outlook
Jorge TOLEDO ALBIÑANA, Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union to the People’s Republic of China, Beijing

9 June 2023, 9:00-9:45 CET
China’s Concepts and Aspirations for a Multipolar World
JIA Qingguo, Member, Standing Committee of the 11th National Committee of the CPPCC (2008-2013); Member, Standing Committee of the Central Committee of China Democratic League; Former Dean, School of International Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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